#Toronto Polar Bear Dip 2013

Wind Chill cut to the bone as people took off their clothes and got ready to swim at the #TOPolarBearClub in the cold, cold water of Lake Ontario. The annual January 1st run into the water at Sunnyside Park was a popular holiday event for many.

Before the brave mad dash into the lake the swimmers gather their courage with friends, family and the many supporters who came by to witness the running of the dippers.

Right after the New Years Party

The shark team

See more photos of the crowd and the swim after the jump.

Anna

Albertans don't get cold

The swimmers are let into the starting area

Wrestlers get ready for the plunge

Toronto Maple Leafs capture the Stanley Cup

After the swim and a wardrobe malfunction friends gather together to celebrate their achievement

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Early winter Sunnyside

New Years Eve is tomorrow night and on New Years Day you can wash away 2012 with a refreshing Polar Bear Dip in Lake Ontario at Sunnyside Park. I went by the beach during the latest brief spurt of winter that provided a nice blanket of white fluffy stuff and no one was swimming in the cold water yet. And you should really practice being a polar bear before the actual event.

Dinosaurs think that the snow is the start of another ice age

The dip happens January 1, 2013 at 12 noon (arrive at 10:30am for registration and pre-dip events).

Significant accumulations of snow settle on the geese

Swans keep together in the inner harbour

Swimming sign and symbols

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Bravo! #Toronto

For being so interesting. Here is a photo mega-post of things I have seen around Metropolitan Toronto.

A masked swimmer waits for the Polar Bear Dip at Sunnyside Beach

Gregory Alan Elliott's red heart

Pink bike in Graffiti Alley

Weird ants take part in a Buskerfest

Megaspeed show models

CAW dirigible in a protest parade

Disco Nathan Phillips Square

Chinatown festival

Cosplay participant looking forward to the Hobbit

Bollywood festival at City Hall

Ferries in the fog

Street hockey

Window shopping

The Occupy Toronto occupod by GAE

Flat track Toronto Roller Derby hug

Them, Us and You graffiti

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